After Oscar nominations were announced Feb. 8, the buzz seems equally centered on who was nominated and who wasn’t.
That’s an impressive roster of freshmen for one year. As you’ll notice, the list includes lots of women and minorities. It’s surprising to realize that each has become a “brand,” joining the ranks of such greats as Jacques Tati, who directed only six films, and Sergio Leone, only seven — but these were enough to put the two in the movie pantheon.
Those five collectively have directed 114 narrative features. The average of 23 films seem low for this prolific group. But that’s just narrative films and doesn’t take into account their shorts, documentaries, segments in omnibus films, TV episodes, videogames, TV commercials and other areas.